Sale reports / North Dakota / Stockmen's Livestock Exchange / 2019-12-19

Stockmen's Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Dickinson, North Dakota · Thu, Dec 19
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2099
Receipts
3,716 head
▼ 147 vs last sale 3,863▲ 3,716 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 450-500 lbs 12.00 higher; 500-550 lbs 2.00 lower; 550-750 lbs 1.00-4.00 higher. Feeder heifers traded steady to 4.00 higher. Good to moderate demand seen today's offering. Quality was mostly attractive with a many drafts of weaned calves in the offering in light to moderate flesh. Next feeder cattle sale is scheduled for January 2, 2020.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $156.96/cwt on 1,597 head.
Average price
$156.96
1,597 head · 620 lb average
Value per head Derived
$973
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$146
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$1.04/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.76
vs ND average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2524158.008286thin
Medium and Large 1620156.969741,591
One grade step is worth $1.04/cwt here — about −$146 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale1,597 hd
156.96
—
ND average4 barns · 5,351 hd
154.20
+2.76
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

22 lots · USDA AMS · Stockmen's Livestock Exchange - Dickinson, ND
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1342173.76/cwt172.50–177.0059414
Steers—Medium and Large 1396185.00/cwt185.00–185.007336
Steers—Medium and Large 1439180.43/cwt179.25–186.0079243
Steers—Medium and Large 1468176.12/cwt165.50–184.00824100
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2524158.00/cwt158.00–158.008286
Steers—Medium and Large 1530170.63/cwt165.50–177.75904194
Steers—Medium and Large 1574161.77/cwt153.00–166.00929348
Steers—Medium and Large 1632156.69/cwt154.50–158.50990183
Steers—Medium and Large 1673149.69/cwt141.00–155.001,007361
Steers—Medium and Large 1719144.08/cwt136.50–147.001,036231
Steers—Medium and Large 1760138.84/cwt135.00–141.251,05564
Steers—Medium and Large 1812138.97/cwt133.00–140.001,12847
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1385165.00/cwt165.00–165.0063538
Heifers—Medium and Large 1437154.22/cwt149.50–162.0067454
Heifers—Medium and Large 1479150.63/cwt143.00–159.75722145
Heifers—Medium and Large 1519142.50/cwt140.00–149.5074030
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573143.10/cwt136.50–148.50820200
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2622124.01/cwt120.00–128.0077118
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623135.28/cwt129.50–145.75843144
Heifers—Medium and Large 1677132.75/cwt128.75–136.7589973
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement694143.50/cwt143.50–143.5099652
Heifers—Medium and Large 1715130.00/cwt130.00–130.0093019

This sale against other markets

North Dakota weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every North Dakota auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.